CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is a primary reinforcer for humans?
A
Money
B
A book
C
The sound of a bell
D
Food
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Water, food, sleep, shelter, sex, and touch, among others, are primary reinforcers. Pleasure is also a primary reinforcer. Organisms do not lose their drive for these things.

Detailed explanation-2: -Food is a Primary Reinforcer: that needs no previous experience to be reinforcing; such as food, security, using instinctive behaviours. In normal circumstances food, or treats, are probably considered the easiest to use, but the misuse opens many problems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Food is an example of a primary reinforcer. Primary reinforcers are reinforcers that have a biological value to the person or animal, so that the value of the reinforcer does not have to be learned.

Detailed explanation-4: -Generally, a primary reinforcer is one which is related to the organism’s basic physiological system, for example, hunger or thirst.

Detailed explanation-5: -Food, then, is a primary reinforcer, as it inspires eating, an innate response to that stimulus. Secondary reinforcers are learned, or conditioned, reinforcers. Secondary reinforcers begin as neutral stimuli, but become conditioned when paired with primary reinforcers linked to basic rewards.

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